Combined buckle and button loop



May 27, 1930.

W. M. HUESEMAN COMBINED BUCKLE AND BUTTON:'LOOP- Filed Jan. 3, 1930 I 1 l l I M M fl uesemwru.

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WILLIAM E. HUESEMAN, OF DILLSBORO, v

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Application filed January 3, read. Serial Nor-118,868.

-This invention relates to buckles, buttonsand clasps and more particularly to a buckle of the type applied to shoulder straps of a pair of overalls and adapted to engage buttons upon the bib of the overalls. I

One object of the invention is to so form the buckle that it may be very easlly applied to a shoulder strap of a pair of overalls and held in an adjusted posit-ion thereon with 19 the button-engaging portion of the buckle disposed in front of the strap and thereby allowing the lower end portion of the strap to extend behind the bib of a palr of overalls where it will be out of the way Another object of the invention is to provide the buckle with securing prongs so formed that the buckle may be held in an adjusted position upon the strap without the prongs penetrating the strap thereby preventing the strap from be ng; weakened due to openings formed therein, ehminating danger of a person being cut or scratched by sharp prongs, and also permlttmg the buckle to be easily and quickly shifted from one place to another upon the strap.

Another object of the inventlon is to provide a buckle which may be stamped from Y sheet metal and thereby not only allow the buckle to be cheaply produced but also elimie -relative to each other and liable to come apart or move out of their proper ositions. 0

Anot er object of the invention is to eliminate an extra slide required when a buckle having prongs is used. The extra slide referred to above is an added-expense and also uncomfortable as it comes too far upon the shoulder and presses against the collar bone. Another object of the invention is to so form the buckle that ample space is provided -for passage of a button through the buckle and thereby allow the buckle to e very easily engaged with a button or detached from the same. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Flgure 1 is a view in front elevation showing the buckle a plied to a shoulder strap by a pair of overa upon the bib,

" gage and engaged with a button Fig. 2 is a view looking at the inner face of the shoulder strap with the buckle applied thereto, a

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the, strap and buckle taken on the line 3-3of Fig. 2, and Y Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the buckle.

This improved buckle, which is indicated in general by the numeral 1, is stamped from sheet metal ofsuflicient thickness to prevent it from bending easily and is formed with an 7 upper bar 2, a lower bar 3 and end bars 4 ex- "tending between and connecting the ends of the upper and lower bars. Between the upper and lower bars extends an intermediate bar which is severed between its ends in order to form arms 5 extending inwardly from the end bars toward each other. These arms are bent transversely in s aced relation to their free ends in order to orm prongs 6 and the portions of the arms between their attached outer endsand the prongs and constituting shanksfor the prongs are twisted, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Therefore, the prongs extend upwardly from their shanks and by referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the prongs are of such length that they project upward? intooverlying relation to the upper bar. t should also be noted that these prongs are spaced or front face of the up per bar and since the intermediate bar of the blank from which the arms 5 are formed is cut straight across in V order, to form these arms the ends of the prongs are blunt. The lower bar 3 is formed 85 intermediate its length with a depending U- shaped portion 7 located'beneath the space between the upwardly extending prongs" 6 and this U-shapedportion constitutes an-ieye or seat for receiving a button. Since the eye or seat 7 is located directly beneath the space between the two prongs,- 'a button "may be very e sily passed through the buckle and en-. in the eye. I When this improved buckle is in 'iise, the freeend of the shoulder strap 8 is passed upwardly and outwardly between the upper bar 2 and the prongs 6 and the buckle moved along the shoulder strap until it is in approximately the desired position upon the strap.'

somewhat from the outer i The strap is then. extended forwardly and downwardly and passed rearwardly through the buckle between the arms and the lower 'rcross bar. Therefore, the buckle, with the exception of its arms 5 and prongs 6, will be disposed in iront of the shoulder strap and when the button 9 sewed upon or otherwise secured tothe, bib 10 0f a pairrof overalls isengaged-through the eye or se'a t 7, the lower end portion of the shoulder strap will be dis- "posed back of the 'bib where'it will be out of the way. If it is found that 'thebuckle 'has' not been properly located upon the-shoulder strap, it is merely necessary to draw the free end of the strap'upwardly and the buckle can then be easily shifted upwardly or downwardly upon the shoulder stra to a desired position and the free end'of t e strap then again drawn downwardly until engaged over and-against the prongs, as shown in Fig. 3. Stram'exerted downwardly upon the buckle when the button is engaged therewith causes a very tight binding enga'gem'ent between the strap and the free ends of the prongs and prevents the buckle from slipping upon the strap but since the prongs are formed with bluntends they do not penetrate the strap. Therefore, formed in the strap and the strap will not be weakened. It'should also be noted that since the prongs do not penetrate the strap their ree ends are covered and there will be no dangler of a person being e prongs. aving thus described the invention, I 'claim:

l. A" bucklecomprising a plate cut to form upper andlower bars, end-bars connecting the upper and lower bars, and a center bar extendmg between said-end bars, the lower bar having a U-shaped portion intermediate the strap is said lower bar be- 1 ,towards each other from said 70 I eir upper end portions overlying no holes are 4,

cut or scratched its ends defining'a button-engaging eye and the center bar being cut intermediateits ends to form arms extendingtowards each other from the end bars, said arms being twisted in spaced relation to theirattached ends and bent upwardlyv between the twists and their free ends to form shanks and prongs extendformedwithblunt. ends.

ing upwardly therefrom, the upper endportions of said prongs overlying the upper bar and formed with blunt ends. a

2. A buckle comprising a frame-having up- 1 Q I per and lower bars and end bars connecting the-upper and lower bars, said lower bar'beng formed with a button-receiving seat, and armsextending towards each other from the end bars, said. arms being twisted in spaced relation to their attached-ends and bent upwardly between the twists'and their free ends to form shanks and prongs extending upwardly therefrom, the upper end portions of said. prongs overlying the: upper bar and 3.= A buckle comprising a frame having upper and lower bars and end bars connecting 

